Iraqi PM admits expensive loss of Humvees

Haider al-Abbadi says 2,300 US-supplied armoured vehicles were lost when ISIL overran northern city of Mosul last year.

01 Jun 2015 10:58 GMT

Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group overran the northern city of Mosul, according to the country's prime minister.

Clashes began in Mosul, Iraq's second city, late on June 9, 2014, and Iraqi forces lost it the following day to ISIL, which spearheaded an offensive that overran much of the country's Sunni Arab heartland.